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href="/voices" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Voices</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/voices/trump-britain-trade-choose-us-or-eu-b2648302.html">If Trump forces Britain to choose, we have to go with the EU</a></h2></div></div><div class="sc-umxyss-1 juYXUs article article-default article-premium"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/voices/rachel-reeves-starmer-economy-growth-down-b2647743.html" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/11/15/07/3d97ef21d01621ba102dcc03043c51feY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzMxNzQzMjc0-2.78206915.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/11/15/07/3d97ef21d01621ba102dcc03043c51feY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzMxNzQzMjc0-2.78206915.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/11/15/07/3d97ef21d01621ba102dcc03043c51feY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzMxNzQzMjc0-2.78206915.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>The figures are a blow to Chancellor Rachel Reeves (Isabel Infantes/PA)</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content premium-badging"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 jzyyUO capsules"><a href="/voices" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Voices</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/voices/rachel-reeves-starmer-economy-growth-down-b2647743.html">We need more than your ‘Crisis? What crisis?’ response, Chancellor </a></h2></div></div><div class="sc-umxyss-1 juYXUs article article-default article-premium"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/voices/rachel-reeves-mansion-house-speech-pensions-business-b2647147.html" aria-label="Read more about UK Daily Politics 2024" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/11/14/11/2184000212.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/11/14/11/2184000212.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/11/14/11/2184000212.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>‘Rachel Reeves is trying to offset the “anti-growth” Budget with a long-term growth plan’ </p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content premium-badging"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 jzyyUO capsules"><a href="/voices" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Voices</a></div><h2 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aria-label="Read more about Cop29 climate summit" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/11/11/20/49354473-68fb-44f3-8cc3-bcb1706a283a.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/11/11/20/49354473-68fb-44f3-8cc3-bcb1706a283a.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/11/11/20/49354473-68fb-44f3-8cc3-bcb1706a283a.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Prime minister Keir Starmer arrives in Baku, Azerbaijan, with foreign secretary David Lammy </p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content premium-badging"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 jzyyUO capsules"><a href="/voices" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Voices</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/voices/keir-starmer-abroad-cop29-baku-climate-b2645704.html">Will Keir Starmer regret going abroad quite so much?</a></h2></div></div><div class="sc-umxyss-1 juYXUs article article-default"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/voices/blairites-keir-starmer-liz-boyd-jonathan-powell-sue-gray-b2644250.html" aria-label="Read more about GettyImages-73520327.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2023/02/15/13/newFile-1.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2023/02/15/13/newFile-1.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2023/02/15/13/newFile-1.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Former prime minister Tony Blair and his chief of staff Jonathan Powell (right), who has returned as a national security adviser</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 jzyyUO capsules"><a href="/voices" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Voices</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a 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more about ‘We are at a crossroads’: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle issue new video message.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/11/08/15/MbnyI0jU-720.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/11/08/15/MbnyI0jU-720.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/11/08/15/MbnyI0jU-720.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Harry and Meghan’s message ended up being rather overcooked</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 cSqwI capsules"><a href="/news/corrections/errors-and-omissions" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Errors & Omissions</a></div><div class="content premium-badging"><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bDGmXw"><a class="title" href="/news/corrections/errors-and-omissions/mea-culpa-language-errors-omissions-b2643936.html">Mea Culpa: The bigamous PM and the lightly poached lining of cloud</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-nzkiss-1 hxwvSK sc-nzkiss-4 sc-tpl4vh-3 jfmIGC dZmOJL article-default hero-article article-premium"><div class="content premium-badging"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 cSqwI capsules"><a href="/news/corrections/errors-and-omissions" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Errors & Omissions</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bDGmXw"><a class="title" href="/news/corrections/errors-and-omissions/mea-culpa-language-errors-omissions-b2643936.html">Mea Culpa: The bigamous PM and the lightly poached lining of cloud</a></h2><div class="sc-nzkiss-0 eZmSCJ"><div class="sc-nzkiss-3 ibVwlN"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/John_Rentoul.png?quality=50&width=100&auto=webp" loading="lazy" alt="Head shot of John Rentoul" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ"></div><div class="sc-nzkiss-2 fERoeh"><a class="sc-1iecef8-0 AKtPc author sc-1iecef8-1 jYsBue" href="/author/john-rentoul">John Rentoul</a></div></div></div><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/news/corrections/errors-and-omissions/mea-culpa-language-errors-omissions-b2643936.html" aria-label="Read more about ‘We are at a crossroads’: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle issue new video message.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/11/08/15/MbnyI0jU-720.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/11/08/15/MbnyI0jU-720.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/11/08/15/MbnyI0jU-720.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Harry and Meghan’s message ended up being rather overcooked</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div></div><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-tpl4vh-1 jMZxqB kUcnUB"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 juYXUs article article-default article-premium"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/voices/nigel-farage-us-ambassador-trump-mandelson-b2643754.html" aria-label="Read more about Brexit" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/09/20/20/2df6638a4b23e083f82c2f5b6af233e9Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzI2OTQ0ODMz-2.41713704.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/09/20/20/2df6638a4b23e083f82c2f5b6af233e9Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzI2OTQ0ODMz-2.41713704.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/09/20/20/2df6638a4b23e083f82c2f5b6af233e9Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzI2OTQ0ODMz-2.41713704.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Donald Trump’s British friend Nigel Farage, has said: ‘I believe in something called the national interest’</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content premium-badging"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 jzyyUO capsules"><a href="/voices" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Voices</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/voices/nigel-farage-us-ambassador-trump-mandelson-b2643754.html">Believe it or not, there are worse ideas than ‘Ambassador Farage’</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-tpl4vh-1 jMZxqB kUcnUB"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 juYXUs article article-default article-premium"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/voices/brexit-donald-trump-uk-eu-britain-b2643161.html" aria-label="Read more about FILES-BRITAIN-US-VOTE-TRUMP" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/07/18/15/2160034319.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/07/18/15/2160034319.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/07/18/15/2160034319.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>President-elect Donald Trump with Nigel Farage, Brexit’s self-declared ‘pantomime villain’ </p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content premium-badging"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 jzyyUO capsules"><a href="/voices" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Voices</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/voices/brexit-donald-trump-uk-eu-britain-b2643161.html">How Donald Trump could propel Britain back towards the EU</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-tpl4vh-1 jMZxqB kUcnUB"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 juYXUs article article-default article-premium"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/voices/kemi-badenoch-keir-starmer-clash-pmqs-b2642479.html" aria-label="Read more about Kemi, Starmer split.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/11/06/15/Kemi%2C-Starmer-split.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/11/06/15/Kemi%2C-Starmer-split.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/11/06/15/Kemi%2C-Starmer-split.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>The prime minister was formulaic and scripted in comparison, writes John Rentoul</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content premium-badging"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 jzyyUO capsules"><a href="/voices" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Voices</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/voices/kemi-badenoch-keir-starmer-clash-pmqs-b2642479.html">Kemi Badenoch is about to make life very difficult for Keir Starmer</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-tpl4vh-1 jMZxqB kUcnUB"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 juYXUs article article-default article-premium"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/voices/donald-trump-president-election-win-comeback-b2642302.html" aria-label="Read more about AMN-POL EEUU-ELECCIONES" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/11/06/10/AMN-POL_EEUU-ELECCIONES_91896.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/11/06/10/AMN-POL_EEUU-ELECCIONES_91896.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/11/06/10/AMN-POL_EEUU-ELECCIONES_91896.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>‘You do not have to approve of Donald Trump to recognise that he is different from most politicians’ </p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content premium-badging"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 jzyyUO capsules"><a href="/voices" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Voices</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/voices/donald-trump-president-election-win-comeback-b2642302.html">Donald Trump’s fatal flaws are also his superpowers</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-ck4k2b-0 sc-1i9ikq5-0 sc-tpl4vh-2 cjAzNt ebQccz jcaGle"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 juYXUs article article-default article-premium"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/voices/donald-trump-president-election-win-comeback-b2642302.html" aria-label="Read more about AMN-POL EEUU-ELECCIONES" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/11/06/10/AMN-POL_EEUU-ELECCIONES_91896.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/11/06/10/AMN-POL_EEUU-ELECCIONES_91896.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/11/06/10/AMN-POL_EEUU-ELECCIONES_91896.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>‘You do not have to approve of Donald Trump to recognise that he is different from most politicians’ </p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content premium-badging"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 jzyyUO capsules"><a href="/voices" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Voices</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/voices/donald-trump-president-election-win-comeback-b2642302.html">Donald Trump’s fatal flaws are also his superpowers</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-ck4k2b-0 sc-1i9ikq5-0 sc-tpl4vh-2 cjAzNt ebQccz jcaGle"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 juYXUs article article-default article-premium"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/voices/kemi-badenoch-shadow-cabinet-robert-jenrick-b2641718.html" aria-label="Read more about TOPSHOT-BRITAIN-POLITICS-CONSERVATIVE-BADENOCH" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/11/04/11/2181761654.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/11/04/11/2181761654.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/11/04/11/2181761654.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Jenrick says that the small boats cannot be stopped unless Britain has a deterrent such as the Rwanda scheme, which he thinks the ECHR would prevent. Badenoch says the issue is more complicated</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content premium-badging"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 jzyyUO capsules"><a href="/voices" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Voices</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/voices/kemi-badenoch-shadow-cabinet-robert-jenrick-b2641718.html">Kemi cosies up to her Tory leadership rival? 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style="grid-area:story-tall-1" class="sc-1t3uya-0 jMZxqB story-tall-1"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 juYXUs article article-default"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/voices/kemi-badenoch-tory-leader-conservative-b2640140.html" aria-label="Read more about Britain Conservatives" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/11/02/14/Britain_Conservatives_26002.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/11/02/14/Britain_Conservatives_26002.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/11/02/14/Britain_Conservatives_26002.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Kemi Badenoch </p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 jzyyUO capsules"><a href="/voices" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Voices</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/voices/kemi-badenoch-tory-leader-conservative-b2640140.html">The Tories’ survival instinct has finally kicked in</a></h2></div></div></div><div style="grid-area:story-tall-2" class="sc-1t3uya-0 jMZxqB story-tall-2"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 juYXUs article article-default article-premium"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/voices/labour-angela-rayner-dresses-donations-budget-b2639602.html" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/10/21/21/bfe082a653e255b1acb6fe80f0ae8730Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzI5NjI5MDU4-2.77088402.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/10/21/21/bfe082a653e255b1acb6fe80f0ae8730Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzI5NjI5MDU4-2.77088402.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/10/21/21/bfe082a653e255b1acb6fe80f0ae8730Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzI5NjI5MDU4-2.77088402.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has now declared £3,550 worth of clothes donated by Waheed Alli earlier this year</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content premium-badging"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 jzyyUO capsules"><a href="/voices" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Voices</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/voices/labour-angela-rayner-dresses-donations-budget-b2639602.html">Labour is stretching credulity – but soon, the elastic will go ‘ping!’</a></h2></div></div></div><div style="grid-area:story-tall-3" class="sc-1t3uya-0 jMZxqB story-tall-3"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 juYXUs article article-default"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/news/uk/politics/budget-reactions-2024-questions-labour-b2638903.html" aria-label="Read more about Reeves-Budget-2024.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img 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John Rentoul answers questions</a></h2></div></div></div><div style="grid-area:story-tall-4" class="sc-1t3uya-0 jMZxqB story-tall-4"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 juYXUs article article-default article-premium"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/voices/budget-rachel-reeves-ifs-omnishambles-b2639042.html" aria-label="Read more about " class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/10/31/13/1f7c9c3866c1435fb63725fa6d0c1edf.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/10/31/13/1f7c9c3866c1435fb63725fa6d0c1edf.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/10/31/13/1f7c9c3866c1435fb63725fa6d0c1edf.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Chancellor Rachel Reeves with the prime minister Keir Starmer on a post-Budget visit to University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div 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srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/10/30/18/House-of-Commons_241030_MU_Autumn-Budget--23_48608.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/10/30/18/House-of-Commons_241030_MU_Autumn-Budget--23_48608.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>As he listened to the Budget, Rishi Sunak underwent a Hulk-like transformation</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content premium-badging"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 jzyyUO capsules"><a href="/voices" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Voices</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/voices/rishi-sunak-rachel-reeves-budget-commons-b2638350.html">Rishi the Hulk’s last hurrah: angry, energised, personally affronted</a></h2></div></div></div><div style="grid-area:story-tall-6" class="sc-1t3uya-0 jMZxqB story-tall-6"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 juYXUs article article-default"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/news/uk/politics/labour-budget-2024-wages-inheritance-tax-b2631619.html" aria-label="Read more about labour money indycomp news lj.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/07/23/12/labour-money-indycomp-news-lj.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/07/23/12/labour-money-indycomp-news-lj.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/07/23/12/labour-money-indycomp-news-lj.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Rachel Reeves will deliver the first Budget for Keir Starmer’s Labour government </p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 jzyyUO capsules"><a href="/news/uk/politics" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">UK Politics</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/news/uk/politics/labour-budget-2024-wages-inheritance-tax-b2631619.html">Labour Budget: Ask our chief political commentator anything </a></h2></div></div></div><div style="grid-area:story-only-1" class="sc-ck4k2b-0 sc-1i9ikq5-0 cjAzNt ebQccz story-only-1"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 juYXUs article article-default article-premium"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/voices/budget-rachel-reeves-ifs-omnishambles-b2639042.html" aria-label="Read more about " class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/10/31/13/1f7c9c3866c1435fb63725fa6d0c1edf.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/10/31/13/1f7c9c3866c1435fb63725fa6d0c1edf.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/10/31/13/1f7c9c3866c1435fb63725fa6d0c1edf.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Chancellor Rachel Reeves with the prime minister Keir Starmer on a post-Budget visit to University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content premium-badging"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 jzyyUO capsules"><a href="/voices" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Voices</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/voices/budget-rachel-reeves-ifs-omnishambles-b2639042.html">Has the Reeves Budget made it through Day 2 relatively unscathed?</a></h2></div></div></div><div style="grid-area:story-only-2" class="sc-ck4k2b-0 sc-1i9ikq5-0 cjAzNt ebQccz story-only-2"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 juYXUs article article-default article-premium"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/voices/rishi-sunak-rachel-reeves-budget-commons-b2638350.html" aria-label="Read more about ©House of Commons_241030_MU_Autumn Budget -23_48608.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/10/30/18/House-of-Commons_241030_MU_Autumn-Budget--23_48608.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/10/30/18/House-of-Commons_241030_MU_Autumn-Budget--23_48608.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/10/30/18/House-of-Commons_241030_MU_Autumn-Budget--23_48608.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>As he listened to the Budget, Rishi Sunak underwent a Hulk-like transformation</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content premium-badging"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 jzyyUO capsules"><a href="/voices" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Voices</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/voices/rishi-sunak-rachel-reeves-budget-commons-b2638350.html">Rishi the Hulk’s last hurrah: angry, energised, personally affronted</a></h2></div></div></div><div style="grid-area:story-only-3" class="sc-ck4k2b-0 sc-1i9ikq5-0 cjAzNt ebQccz story-only-3"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 juYXUs article article-default"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/news/uk/politics/labour-budget-2024-wages-inheritance-tax-b2631619.html" aria-label="Read more about labour money indycomp news lj.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/07/23/12/labour-money-indycomp-news-lj.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/07/23/12/labour-money-indycomp-news-lj.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/07/23/12/labour-money-indycomp-news-lj.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Rachel Reeves will deliver the first Budget for Keir Starmer’s Labour government </p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 jzyyUO capsules"><a href="/news/uk/politics" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">UK Politics</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/news/uk/politics/labour-budget-2024-wages-inheritance-tax-b2631619.html">Labour Budget: Ask our chief political commentator anything </a></h2></div></div></div></div></div><div class="sc-cHqXqK dxfrkX" data-type="HeroPlus6Articles"><div class="sc-tpl4vh-4 gmZWCu wrapper"><div class="sc-tpl4vh-0 haBfoe"><div class="sc-qm89yg-0 lfZgMR sc-qm89yg-1 hGioIj sc-qm89yg-2 SKhGr hero-article article-premium article-default"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/voices/labour-taxes-budget-rachel-reeves-b2632068.html" aria-label="Read more about SEI226068957.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/10/18/14/SEI226068957.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/10/18/14/SEI226068957.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/10/18/14/SEI226068957.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves made promises they know (and we know) can’t be kept </p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 cSqwI capsules"><a href="/voices" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Voices</a></div><div class="content premium-badging"><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bDGmXw"><a class="title" href="/voices/labour-taxes-budget-rachel-reeves-b2632068.html">Labour were right to break their promise on taxes – we all need to pay</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-nzkiss-1 hxwvSK sc-nzkiss-4 sc-tpl4vh-3 jfmIGC dZmOJL article-default hero-article article-premium"><div class="content premium-badging"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 cSqwI capsules"><a href="/voices" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Voices</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bDGmXw"><a class="title" href="/voices/labour-taxes-budget-rachel-reeves-b2632068.html">Labour were right to break their promise on taxes – we all need to pay</a></h2><div class="sc-nzkiss-0 eZmSCJ"><div class="sc-nzkiss-3 ibVwlN"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/John_Rentoul.png?quality=50&width=100&auto=webp" loading="lazy" alt="Head shot of John Rentoul" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ"></div><div class="sc-nzkiss-2 fERoeh"><a class="sc-1iecef8-0 AKtPc author sc-1iecef8-1 jYsBue" href="/author/john-rentoul">John Rentoul</a></div></div></div><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/voices/labour-taxes-budget-rachel-reeves-b2632068.html" aria-label="Read more about SEI226068957.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/10/18/14/SEI226068957.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/10/18/14/SEI226068957.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/10/18/14/SEI226068957.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves made promises they know (and we know) can’t be kept </p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div></div><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-tpl4vh-1 jMZxqB kUcnUB"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 juYXUs article article-default article-premium"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/voices/budget-keir-starmer-rachel-reeves-leaks-b2637375.html" aria-label="Read more about Budget 2024" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/10/28/20/5e2bdb26-8576-4ad6-a662-9571c9bd263b.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/10/28/20/5e2bdb26-8576-4ad6-a662-9571c9bd263b.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/10/28/20/5e2bdb26-8576-4ad6-a662-9571c9bd263b.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves have been releasing tidbits of information about the upcoming Budget </p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content premium-badging"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 jzyyUO capsules"><a href="/voices" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Voices</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/voices/budget-keir-starmer-rachel-reeves-leaks-b2637375.html">There’s a good reason why this is the leakiest Budget in history</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-tpl4vh-1 jMZxqB kUcnUB"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 juYXUs article article-default"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/voices/rachel-reeves-uk-budget-2024-tax-rise-b2636355.html" aria-label="Read more about Treasury audit" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/10/25/16/9ae8da042d9c5ec6448dd61122576c74Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzI5OTUxNjc3-2.76992735.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/10/25/16/9ae8da042d9c5ec6448dd61122576c74Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzI5OTUxNjc3-2.76992735.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/10/25/16/9ae8da042d9c5ec6448dd61122576c74Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzI5OTUxNjc3-2.76992735.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>The chancellor is set to deliver the autumn Budget next week </p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 jzyyUO capsules"><a href="/voices" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Voices</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/voices/rachel-reeves-uk-budget-2024-tax-rise-b2636355.html">Rachel Reeves might just get away with breaking her 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https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/10/24/13/GettyImages-1244596053.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Donald Trump has filed a six-page legal complaint against Keir Starmer’s team, citing ‘blatant foreign interference’</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content premium-badging"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 jzyyUO capsules"><a href="/voices" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Voices</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/voices/labour-us-election-starmer-interference-trump-b2634894.html">Donald Trump’s got nothing on Labour – but they still need to wise up</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-ck4k2b-0 sc-1i9ikq5-0 sc-tpl4vh-2 cjAzNt ebQccz jcaGle"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 juYXUs article article-default article-premium"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/voices/labour-us-election-starmer-interference-trump-b2634894.html" aria-label="Read more about GettyImages-1244596053.jpg" 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as Labour delivers</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-ck4k2b-0 sc-1i9ikq5-0 sc-16rjmfl-1 cjAzNt ebQccz kVfYvv"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 juYXUs article article-default article-premium"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/voices/robert-jenrick-kemi-badenoch-centrist-tory-b2627850.html" aria-label="Read more about badenoch jenrick split" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/10/10/09/GettyImages-2176914601.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/10/10/09/GettyImages-2176914601.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/10/10/09/GettyImages-2176914601.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>My view is that whoever wins the Tory leadership, they will head towards the middling sort of voter</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content premium-badging"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 jzyyUO capsules"><a 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https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/10/01/00/9428d065d1eb472aa8153d8961fd3a5aY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzI3ODIwMzIy-2.77656161.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Badenoch is not the bookies’ favourite</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content premium-badging"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 jzyyUO capsules"><a href="/independentpremium/politics-explained" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Politics explained</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/independentpremium/politics-explained/kemi-badenoch-tory-leadeship-poll-b2622026.html">The latest poll gives Kemi Badenoch a narrow lead – is it reliable?</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-16rjmfl-0 jMZxqB cEuGSO"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 juYXUs article article-default"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/news/uk/politics/tory-party-conference-leadership-questions-b2620103.html" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/09/26/12/579497a38c4131d2d8993f4ccf001958Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzI3NDM1OTA5-2.77323518.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/09/26/12/579497a38c4131d2d8993f4ccf001958Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzI3NDM1OTA5-2.77323518.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/09/26/12/579497a38c4131d2d8993f4ccf001958Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzI3NDM1OTA5-2.77323518.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Kemi Badenoch speaking at a Conservative Party leadership campaign event at IET London</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 jzyyUO capsules"><a href="/news/uk/politics" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">UK Politics</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/news/uk/politics/tory-party-conference-leadership-questions-b2620103.html">Conservative Party conference: John Rentoul answers your questions </a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-ck4k2b-0 sc-1i9ikq5-0 sc-16rjmfl-1 cjAzNt ebQccz kVfYvv"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 juYXUs article article-default"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/voices/rachel-reeves-chancellor-non-dom-tax-b2620454.html" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/09/25/10/3a89a7463c47e5bf24c59a4781531c0dY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzI3Mjc4NzYy-2.77567300.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/09/25/10/3a89a7463c47e5bf24c59a4781531c0dY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzI3Mjc4NzYy-2.77567300.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/09/25/10/3a89a7463c47e5bf24c59a4781531c0dY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzI3Mjc4NzYy-2.77567300.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>This U-turn suggests that the chancellor is prepared to put the national interest before dogma</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 jzyyUO capsules"><a href="/voices" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Voices</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/voices/rachel-reeves-chancellor-non-dom-tax-b2620454.html">Is this the moment that Rachel Reeves put ‘what works’ before dogma?</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-ck4k2b-0 sc-1i9ikq5-0 sc-16rjmfl-1 cjAzNt ebQccz kVfYvv"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 juYXUs article article-default"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/news/uk/politics/labour-party-keir-starmer-questions-answered-b2619363.html" aria-label="Read more about UK Labor Party Conference 2024" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/09/25/09/2173416264.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/09/25/09/2173416264.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/09/25/09/2173416264.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Sir Keir Starmer steadied his party on Tuesday in a keynote speech</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 jzyyUO capsules"><a href="/news/uk/politics" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">UK Politics</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/news/uk/politics/labour-party-keir-starmer-questions-answered-b2619363.html">Your Labour Party conference questions answered by John Rentoul</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-ck4k2b-0 sc-1i9ikq5-0 sc-16rjmfl-1 cjAzNt ebQccz kVfYvv"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 juYXUs article article-default article-premium"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/voices/keir-starmer-waheed-alli-gifts-glasses-taylor-swift-b2619447.html" aria-label="Read more about Starmer Covid era broadcast" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/09/26/07/Screenshot-2024-09-26-at-07.50.31.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/09/26/07/Screenshot-2024-09-26-at-07.50.31.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/09/26/07/Screenshot-2024-09-26-at-07.50.31.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Keir Starmer recorded a Covid-era broadcast from what appears to be a property owned by Labour donor Waheed Alli</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content premium-badging"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 jzyyUO capsules"><a href="/voices" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Voices</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/voices/keir-starmer-waheed-alli-gifts-glasses-taylor-swift-b2619447.html">The hounding of Keir Starmer is what the right-wing media wants</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-ck4k2b-0 sc-1i9ikq5-0 sc-16rjmfl-1 cjAzNt ebQccz kVfYvv"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 juYXUs article article-default article-premium"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/news/uk/politics/politics-explained/starmer-conference-winter-fuel-allowance-labour-b2618054.html" aria-label="Read more about SEI223131988.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/09/25/12/SEI223131988.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/09/25/12/SEI223131988.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/09/25/12/SEI223131988.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Unite general secretary Sharon Graham (front left) votes with other delegates in favour of a motion demanding Starmer scraps his cuts to the winter fuel payment</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content premium-badging"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 jzyyUO capsules"><a href="/news/uk/politics/politics-explained" 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srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/09/23/11/2024-09-23T105309Z_637472493_RC2A6AAH4RJT_RTRMADP_3_BRITAIN-POLITICS-LABOUR.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/09/23/11/2024-09-23T105309Z_637472493_RC2A6AAH4RJT_RTRMADP_3_BRITAIN-POLITICS-LABOUR.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Ask John Rentoul anything about Labour Party conference</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 jzyyUO capsules"><a href="/news/uk/politics" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">UK Politics</a></div><div class="content"><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/news/uk/politics/labour-party-conference-sue-gray-winter-fuel-b2617391.html">Ask John Rentoul anything – from ‘sleaze’ to winter fuel payments</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-nzkiss-1 hxwvSK sc-nzkiss-4 sc-tpl4vh-3 jfmIGC dZmOJL article-default hero-article"><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 jzyyUO capsules"><a href="/news/uk/politics" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">UK Politics</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/news/uk/politics/labour-party-conference-sue-gray-winter-fuel-b2617391.html">Ask John Rentoul anything – from ‘sleaze’ to winter fuel payments</a></h2><div class="sc-nzkiss-0 eZmSCJ"><div class="sc-nzkiss-2 fERoeh"></div></div></div><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/news/uk/politics/labour-party-conference-sue-gray-winter-fuel-b2617391.html" aria-label="Read more about Labour Party Annual Conference in Liverpool" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/09/23/11/2024-09-23T105309Z_637472493_RC2A6AAH4RJT_RTRMADP_3_BRITAIN-POLITICS-LABOUR.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/09/23/11/2024-09-23T105309Z_637472493_RC2A6AAH4RJT_RTRMADP_3_BRITAIN-POLITICS-LABOUR.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/09/23/11/2024-09-23T105309Z_637472493_RC2A6AAH4RJT_RTRMADP_3_BRITAIN-POLITICS-LABOUR.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Ask John Rentoul anything about Labour Party conference</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div></div><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-tpl4vh-1 jMZxqB kUcnUB"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 juYXUs article article-default article-premium"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/news/corrections/errors-and-omissions/mea-culpa-the-pope-s-pigeons-on-the-button-b2616365.html" aria-label="Read more about SEI220926756.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/09/10/09/SEI220926756.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/09/10/09/SEI220926756.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/09/10/09/SEI220926756.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>It would be unwise to buttonhole a man of the cloth </p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content premium-badging"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 jzyyUO capsules"><a href="/news/corrections/errors-and-omissions" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Errors & Omissions</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/news/corrections/errors-and-omissions/mea-culpa-the-pope-s-pigeons-on-the-button-b2616365.html">Mea Culpa: The Pope’s pigeons on the button</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-tpl4vh-1 jMZxqB kUcnUB"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 juYXUs article article-default"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/voices/keir-starmer-plan-labour-conference-liverpool-b2616670.html" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/09/21/12/8a87570d2c6002d8342eed8196238c0dY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzI3MDAxNjcw-2.75035345.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/09/21/12/8a87570d2c6002d8342eed8196238c0dY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzI3MDAxNjcw-2.75035345.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/09/21/12/8a87570d2c6002d8342eed8196238c0dY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzI3MDAxNjcw-2.75035345.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Keir Starmer has blown it</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 jzyyUO capsules"><a href="/voices" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Voices</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/voices/keir-starmer-plan-labour-conference-liverpool-b2616670.html">Keir Starmer had a plan to win the election, but not for government</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-tpl4vh-1 jMZxqB kUcnUB"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 juYXUs article article-default article-premium"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/voices/nigel-farage-reform-uk-silent-majority-b2616140.html" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/09/18/00/d540bd28fd5f4cf3288b518e9050cbf0Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzI2NjY3NTE3-2.77265754.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/09/18/00/d540bd28fd5f4cf3288b518e9050cbf0Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzI2NjY3NTE3-2.77265754.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/09/18/00/d540bd28fd5f4cf3288b518e9050cbf0Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzI2NjY3NTE3-2.77265754.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Reform UK leader Nigel Farage’s claim that he speaks for the British public has been challenged by a new poll </p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content premium-badging"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 jzyyUO capsules"><a href="/voices" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Voices</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/voices/nigel-farage-reform-uk-silent-majority-b2616140.html">No, Nigel Farage, you do not speak for the silent majority</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-tpl4vh-1 jMZxqB kUcnUB"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 juYXUs article article-default article-premium"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/voices/sue-gray-starmer-salary-freebies-downing-b2615567.html" aria-label="Read more about Downing Street partygate" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2023/03/07/19/da90b05c6390734d163159b9e681ba71Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjc4MzAwOTQ3-2.67415806.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2023/03/07/19/da90b05c6390734d163159b9e681ba71Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjc4MzAwOTQ3-2.67415806.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, 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https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/09/05/18/9fb56fa3000572a1cb1a09a4b533b64cY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjMxNzk1ODk4-2.61210566.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Come unstuck: Boris Johnson and his then home secretary Priti Patel, on a visit to Surrey Police headquarters in Guildford (PA)</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content premium-badging"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 jzyyUO capsules"><a href="/voices" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Voices</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/voices/priti-patel-boris-johnson-leadership-election-b2607088.html">Priti Patel’s fate proves Boris is a busted flush with the Tories</a></h2></div></div></div><div style="grid-area:story-tall-5" class="sc-1t3uya-0 jMZxqB story-tall-5"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 juYXUs article article-default article-premium"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/voices/robert-jenrick-tory-birmingham-muslims-segregated-b2606834.html" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/09/03/12/49b317dddd57060b177bbad9ab74ec77Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzI1NDQ1Mjgx-2.77306539.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/09/03/12/49b317dddd57060b177bbad9ab74ec77Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzI1NDQ1Mjgx-2.77306539.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/09/03/12/49b317dddd57060b177bbad9ab74ec77Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzI1NDQ1Mjgx-2.77306539.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Robert Jenrick, the former immigration minister and Tory leadership contender, has been recorded calling Birmingham a religiously 'segregated' city</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content premium-badging"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 jzyyUO capsules"><a href="/voices" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Voices</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/voices/robert-jenrick-tory-birmingham-muslims-segregated-b2606834.html">Jenrick’s ‘segregation’ comments are straight out of Trump’s playbook</a></h2></div></div></div><div style="grid-area:story-tall-6" class="sc-1t3uya-0 jMZxqB story-tall-6"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 juYXUs article article-default article-premium"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/voices/rachel-reeves-jeremy-hunt-chancellor-commons-b2606255.html" aria-label="Read more about Ministerial Statement on Spending inheritance, in London" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/07/31/11/2024-07-29T203727Z_228906194_RC2459AE0IO3_RTRMADP_3_BRITAIN-ECONOMY-REEVES.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/07/31/11/2024-07-29T203727Z_228906194_RC2459AE0IO3_RTRMADP_3_BRITAIN-ECONOMY-REEVES.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/07/31/11/2024-07-29T203727Z_228906194_RC2459AE0IO3_RTRMADP_3_BRITAIN-ECONOMY-REEVES.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Increasingly annoyed, former chancellor Jeremy Hunt heckled his successor indignantly</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content premium-badging"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 jzyyUO capsules"><a href="/voices" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Voices</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/voices/rachel-reeves-jeremy-hunt-chancellor-commons-b2606255.html">So, did Hunt push Reeves into that £22bn black hole? Strangely, no…</a></h2></div></div></div><div style="grid-area:story-only-1" class="sc-ck4k2b-0 sc-1i9ikq5-0 cjAzNt ebQccz story-only-1"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 juYXUs article article-default article-premium"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/voices/priti-patel-boris-johnson-leadership-election-b2607088.html" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/09/05/18/9fb56fa3000572a1cb1a09a4b533b64cY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjMxNzk1ODk4-2.61210566.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/09/05/18/9fb56fa3000572a1cb1a09a4b533b64cY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjMxNzk1ODk4-2.61210566.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/09/05/18/9fb56fa3000572a1cb1a09a4b533b64cY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjMxNzk1ODk4-2.61210566.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Come unstuck: Boris Johnson and his then home secretary Priti Patel, on a visit to Surrey Police headquarters in Guildford (PA)</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content premium-badging"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 jzyyUO capsules"><a href="/voices" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Voices</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/voices/priti-patel-boris-johnson-leadership-election-b2607088.html">Priti Patel’s fate proves Boris is a busted flush with the Tories</a></h2></div></div></div><div style="grid-area:story-only-2" class="sc-ck4k2b-0 sc-1i9ikq5-0 cjAzNt ebQccz story-only-2"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 juYXUs article article-default article-premium"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/voices/robert-jenrick-tory-birmingham-muslims-segregated-b2606834.html" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/09/03/12/49b317dddd57060b177bbad9ab74ec77Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzI1NDQ1Mjgx-2.77306539.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/09/03/12/49b317dddd57060b177bbad9ab74ec77Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzI1NDQ1Mjgx-2.77306539.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/09/03/12/49b317dddd57060b177bbad9ab74ec77Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzI1NDQ1Mjgx-2.77306539.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Robert Jenrick, the former immigration minister and Tory leadership contender, has been recorded calling Birmingham a religiously 'segregated' city</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content premium-badging"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 jzyyUO capsules"><a href="/voices" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Voices</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/voices/robert-jenrick-tory-birmingham-muslims-segregated-b2606834.html">Jenrick’s ‘segregation’ comments are straight out of Trump’s playbook</a></h2></div></div></div><div style="grid-area:story-only-3" class="sc-ck4k2b-0 sc-1i9ikq5-0 cjAzNt ebQccz story-only-3"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 juYXUs article article-default article-premium"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/voices/rachel-reeves-jeremy-hunt-chancellor-commons-b2606255.html" aria-label="Read more about Ministerial Statement on Spending inheritance, in London" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/07/31/11/2024-07-29T203727Z_228906194_RC2459AE0IO3_RTRMADP_3_BRITAIN-ECONOMY-REEVES.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/07/31/11/2024-07-29T203727Z_228906194_RC2459AE0IO3_RTRMADP_3_BRITAIN-ECONOMY-REEVES.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/07/31/11/2024-07-29T203727Z_228906194_RC2459AE0IO3_RTRMADP_3_BRITAIN-ECONOMY-REEVES.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Increasingly annoyed, former chancellor Jeremy Hunt heckled his successor indignantly</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content premium-badging"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 jzyyUO capsules"><a href="/voices" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Voices</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/voices/rachel-reeves-jeremy-hunt-chancellor-commons-b2606255.html">So, did Hunt push Reeves into that £22bn black hole? Strangely, no…</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-19guepa-2 fKwCwP"><div class="mpu-item sc-vt4bqf-0 sc-19guepa-1 fTluHM fzYRYc"><div class="sc-1pfx6hk-0 lgUbTS"><div data-mpu="true" data-is-video="false" data-tile-name="mpu3" data-ad-unit-path="/71347885/_main_independent/in_author/in_john-rentoul/index/mpu3" data-size-key="SINGLE_MPU" data-refresh-check="false" data-refresh-ms="13000" class="sc-1pfx6hk-2 fUbSGV"></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="sc-cHqXqK dxfrkX sc-16rjmfl-2 cDOoUc" data-type="ArticleX8"><div class="section-body"><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-16rjmfl-0 jMZxqB cEuGSO"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 juYXUs article article-default"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/voices/starmer-reeves-winter-fuel-payments-b2605457.html" aria-label="Read more about " class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/06/17/13/15c3d2bed02a4bc18b8bd68b9b542ae8.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/06/17/13/15c3d2bed02a4bc18b8bd68b9b542ae8.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/06/17/13/15c3d2bed02a4bc18b8bd68b9b542ae8.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>In the next two months before the Budget, everything depends on whether Reeves and Starmer decide – jointly – to bend before the storm of protest, or to tough it out</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 jzyyUO capsules"><a href="/voices" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Voices</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/voices/starmer-reeves-winter-fuel-payments-b2605457.html">Starmer and Reeves face the first big test of their relationship</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-16rjmfl-0 jMZxqB cEuGSO"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 juYXUs article article-default article-premium"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/news/corrections/errors-and-omissions/mea-culpa-language-errors-omissions-b2604569.html" aria-label="Read more about State of the Union ChatGPT" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2023/02/06/10/State_of_the_Union_ChatGPT_01608.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2023/02/06/10/State_of_the_Union_ChatGPT_01608.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2023/02/06/10/State_of_the_Union_ChatGPT_01608.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>To be, or not to be: we got our Shakespearean grammar in a twist in a piece about allegations of cronyism </p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content premium-badging"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 jzyyUO capsules"><a href="/news/corrections/errors-and-omissions" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Errors & Omissions</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/news/corrections/errors-and-omissions/mea-culpa-language-errors-omissions-b2604569.html">Mea Culpa: he looketh up some archaic English word endings </a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-16rjmfl-0 jMZxqB cEuGSO"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 juYXUs article article-default article-premium"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/voices/margaret-thatcher-portrait-starmer-downing-street-b2604498.html" aria-label="Read more about KEIR_Simon Dawson.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/08/30/15/KEIR_Simon-Dawson.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/08/30/15/KEIR_Simon-Dawson.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/08/30/15/KEIR_Simon-Dawson.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>The prime minister has had a portrait of his Tory predecessor moved to a less prominent spot in Downing Street </p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content premium-badging"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 jzyyUO capsules"><a href="/voices" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Voices</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/voices/margaret-thatcher-portrait-starmer-downing-street-b2604498.html">Maggie’s vanishing portrait says so much about Keir Starmer</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-16rjmfl-0 jMZxqB cEuGSO"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 juYXUs article article-default article-premium"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/voices/peter-mandelson-us-ambassador-trump-kamala-oxford-b2603188.html" aria-label="Read more about pm.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2017/12/16/19/pm.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2017/12/16/19/pm.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2017/12/16/19/pm.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>In the running to be our man in Washington, Lord Mandelson is also being considered for chancellor of Oxford University </p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content premium-badging"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 jzyyUO capsules"><a href="/voices" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Voices</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/voices/peter-mandelson-us-ambassador-trump-kamala-oxford-b2603188.html">If anyone can secure an unlikely US trade deal, it is Peter Mandelson</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-ck4k2b-0 sc-1i9ikq5-0 sc-16rjmfl-1 cjAzNt ebQccz kVfYvv"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 juYXUs article article-default article-premium"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP 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